Improved convertible end-board and platform for wagons



POWELL &" BURROUGHS.

Wagon End-'Gat.

Patent ed Dec. 14, 18.69.

No. 97,8O8.1

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THOMAS T. BOWEIiL AND JOHN F. BURROUG-HS, or LAWN RIDGE, ILLINOIS;

Letters Patent No. 97,808, at; December 14,1869.

. I IMPROVED CONVERTIBLE END-BOARD AND PLATFORM FOR, WAGONS- 'i'heSchedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS" 'l. POWELL and J can F. Bunnouens, ofLawnRidge, in'-the county of Marshall, and in theStat e of Illinois, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in End-Boards for Wagons andOarts,8:70.; and do herebydcc-lare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description thereof, reference being bad to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, in which like lettersof referencerefer to like parts, and in which Figure 1 represents a perspectiveview. I Figure 2, perspective view of the gate or end-board opened, withplatform or extension of wagon-bottom in place.

Figure 3, plan of gate or endboard, a nd that portion of wagon. w 1

Figure 4, elevation of end of wagon-gate and platform-stay; a e v Thisinvention relates to the use of a double gate,

a .in place of the ordinary end-board ofa wagon; also, a

sliding horizontal platform, or extension of the wagonbottom, which,together, form a platform and sides, for the convenience of shovellingor unloading produce of various kinds, or articles generally carried inbulk.

The seat of the wagon is reversed, and forms the platform in question;

A is the wagon-body.

B is a horizontal platform, which is also the seat of the wagon, whose'length is of the same width as that ol the wagon-bed.

This seat and end-board has a bar, 0, fastened to each end,'and.paiallel therewith,projecting several inches beyond the edge whichcloseswith the wagouend or bed, each fitting into one of the sockets orinortisesfj, cut in the transverse bar g, under the end of thewagon-bed.

This board has a staple or hook, it 7., or equivalent device, for thepurpose of securing the ends of the gates O I), when opened, to formsides for the board a or platfori The bars '6 c, besides forming asupport for the endboard, also act asstays or cleats, to keep the board,whenrused as the wagon-seat, from sliding so as to i fall.

0 D are two gates, or divisions of theend of the wagon, each hingedvertically. at their outer edges to the wagon, and having straps ofmalleable iron running along their upper and lower edges, andterminating at the joint or union of the meeting-edges of the gates, ineyes (1' (l d d, which receive a vertical bolt or rod, i, which passesthrough them all into the wagonbed below, where a socket and thread mayreceive and secure the-thread on the end of the rod.

Vertical braces, a a, are screwed, one on either gate, at such adistance from the hinged edge of each asto make a good abutment againstthe end of the sideboard of the wagon when the gates are opened. (Seefigs. .2 and 3.)

- The meeting edges of the gates may be recessed or lapped, as shown indrawings, so -as to secure the small grain, 850., from escaping.

Staples or hooks k k, or equivalent the gates (when opened) to theplatform B.

The whole forms a strong, compact, and good plan for the unloading ofarticles carried in bulk, the platform 13' afterward being replaced as aseat, as shown in fig. 1.

Ne claim, as our invention v 1. The useand construction of the board B,both as a platform or wagon-bed extension, and as a wagom seat, with itsstaples or hooks k is, or equivalent fastenings for the gates, and thebars e e, substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. In combination with the above, the gates C D, with their straps 1) 1)b b and eyes dd (1 ll, secured by the rod '5 and auxiliary recess 1, thethe transverse bar g, with its recessesor niortisesj'f,

all substantially as described, and for the purposes hereinahove stated.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing, we have hereunto set ourhands, this 29th day of "September,

THOMAS T. POWELL. JOHN F, BURROUGHS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM L. Moss, Jix. MARIns MANTON.

devices, secure braces a. a, and

